CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0850
ZK-1A R/B
ZK-1A R/B (NORAD 53304) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 2023, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
53304
International designator
2022-087F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
China
Launched
27 Jul 2022Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months265 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
500 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsZK-1A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2022-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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